U.S. BUILDERS OF LARGE SHIPS

Since WWI, 80 U.S. shipbuilders have built the larger types of oceangoing vessels, including naval ships and submarines, cargo ships, passenger ships, other special-purpose commercial or governmental ships, and offshore drilling rigs.  All have (or had) a significant record of performance, involving more than a few years and more than a few ships.  The table below is structured in three groups:
(A) 5 yards - the "big five" - which are actively building most of the U.S. Navy's large commissioned ships and submarines;
(B) 15 yards - the "second tier" - which are actively building commercial ships, rigs and/or oceangoing government ships that are smaller and less expensive than those built by the "big five";
(C) 60 yards which have built significant numbers of large vessels since WWI but which are no longer active.

Group A - Major Active Builders of Large Naval Vessels (5)

#

Shipbuilder

Builder Since

Location

State

1

GD/Bath Iron Works

1890

Bath

ME

2

GD/Electric Boat

1899

Groton

CT

3

GD/NASSCO

1944

San Diego

CA

4

HII/Ingalls Shipbuilding

1939

Pascagoula

MS

5

HII/Newport News Shipbuilding

1886

Newport News

VA

Group B - Other Active Builders of Large Vessels (15)

#

Shipbuilder

Builder Since

Location

State

1

Austal USA

2000

Mobile

AL

2

Bollinger Lockport

1953

Lockport

LA

3

Bollinger Marine Fabricators (formerly McDermott SB)

1962

Amelia

LA

4

Bollinger Houma (formerly Gulf Island Fabricators)

2009

Houma

LA

5

Chouest North American Shipbuilding

1974

Larose

LA

6

Chouest LA Ship (formerly North American Fabricators)

1996

Houma

LA

7

Chouest Tampa Ship (formerly Tampa Shipyards, Tampa Bay SB)

2008

Tampa

FL

8

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (formerly Christy Corp., Sturgeon Bay SB)

1885

Sturgeon Bay

WI

9

Fincantieri Marinette Marine

1942

Marinette

WI

10

Halter Marine Pascagoula (formerly VTHM Pascagoula)

1998

Pascagoula

MS

11

Halter Marine Offshore (formerly FGO Pascagoula)

1998

Pascagoula

MS

12

Keppel AmFELS (formerly Marathon LeTourneau)

1971

Brownsville

TX

13

Philly Shipyard (formerly Aker Phila., Kvaerner Phila.)

2000

Philadelphia

PA

14

Vigor Seattle (formerly Todd Seattle)

1890

Seattle

WA

15

Vigor Portland (formerly Port of Portland, Cascade General, US Barge)

2005

Portland

OR

Group C - Builders of Large Vessels Which Have Closed Since World War I (60)

#

Shipbuilder

Last Build

Location

State

1

Alabama Shipyard (formerly ADDSCO, Atlantic Marine Alabama, Alabama SY, BAE Systems SE)

2006

Mobile

AL

2

Albina Engine & Machine Works

1971

Portland

OR

3

American Bridge

1981

Ambridge

PA

4

AmShip Buffalo (formerly Buffalo Dry Dock)

1958

Buffalo

NY

5

AmShip Chicago (formerly Chicago SB)

1958

Chicago

IL

6

AmShip Cleveland (formerly Globe Iron Works)

1945

Cleveland

OH

7

AmShip Detroit (formerly Detroit SB)

1920

Detroit

MI

8

AmShip Lorain (formerly Cleveland SB)

1981

Lorain

OH

9

AmShip Toledo  (formerly Craig SB)

1981

Toledo

OH

10

AmShip Superior (formerly American Steel Barge and Superior SB)

1919

Superior

WI

11

Avondale Shipyards

2006

New Orleans

LA

12

Bender Shipbuilding (formerly Bender Welding)

2009

Mobile

AL

13

Bethlehem Beaumont (formerly Pennsylvania SY)

1994

Beaumont

TX

14

Bethlehem Elizabethport (formerly Crescent SY)

1926

Elizabethport

NJ

15

Bethlehem Key Highway (formerly Baltimore DD & SB)

1974

Baltimore

MD

16

Bethlehem Quincy (formerly Fore River SB, later GD Quincy)

1983

Quincy and Squantum

MA

17

Bethlehem San Francisco (formerly Union Iron Works)

1981

San Francisco and Alameda

CA

18

Bethlehem San Pedro (formerly Southwestern SB)

1946

San Pedro

CA

19

Bethlehem Sparrows Point (formerly Maryland Steel)

1999

Sparrows Point

MD

20

Bethlehem Staten Island (formerly Staten Island SB)

1958

Staten Island

NY

21

Bethlehem Wilmington (formerly Harlan & Hollingsworth)

1926

Wilmington

DE

22

Butler Shipbuilders, Inc. (formerly McDougall-Duluth)

1945

Duluth

MN

23

Cramp Shipbuilding

1945

Philadelphia

PA

24

Defoe Shipbuilding (formerly Defoe Boat & Motor Works)

1976

Bay City

MI

25

Delaware River Iron SB (Roach's Shipyard, formerly Reaney, Son & Archbold, later Merchant SB)

1922

Chester

PA

26

Dravo Pittsburgh - Self-Propelled Vessels and Dravo Pittsburgh - Barges

1982

Pittsburgh

PA

27

Dravo Wilmington (formerly Harlan & Hollingsworth, Bethlehem Wilmington)

1965

Wilmington

DE

28

Federal Shipbuilding Kearny

1947

Kearny

NJ

29

Federal Shipbuilding Newark

1947

Newark

NJ

30

Great Lakes Engineering Ashtabula

1946

Ashtabula

OH

31

Great Lakes Engineering Ecorse

1960

Ecorse

MI

32

Gulf Shipbuilding (formerly Chickasaw SB, later Halter Chickasaw)

1982

Chickasaw

AL

33

Gulfport Shipbuilding (formerly Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works)

1982

Port Arthur

TX

34

Ingalls Iron Works

1981

Decatur

AL

35

Lake Torpedo Boat Co.

1922

Bridgeport

CT

36

LeTourneau Inc. (formerly Marathon LeTourneau)

2011

Vicksburg

MS

37

Levingston Shipbuilding

1982

Orange

TX

38

Lockheed Shipbuilding (formerly Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging)

1987

Seattle

WA

39

Long Beach Shipbuilding (formerly Craig SB)

1943

Toledo

OH

40

Manitowoc Shipbuilding

1972

Manitowoc

WI

41

Marietta Manufacturing

1962

Point Pleasant

WV

42

Maryland Shipbuilding & Dry Dock (formerly Globe SB)

1976

Baltimore

MD

43

Merrill-Stevens Engineering (later Jacksonville Shipyards)

1953

Jacksonville

FL

44

Moore Dry Dock (formerly Moore SB)

1956

Oakland

CA

45

New York Shipbuilding Company

1967

Camden

NJ

46

Peterson Builders (formerly Peterson Boat Works)

1997

Sturgeon Bay

WI

47

Pusey & Jones

1946

Wilmington

DE

48

Seatrain Shipbuilding (formerly New York NSY)

1979

Brooklyn

NY

49

Southern Shipbuilding (formerly Canulette SB)

1986

Slidell

LA

50

Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company

1983

Chester

PA

51

Tacoma Boatbuilding

1989

Tacoma

WA

52

Tampa Shipbuilding (TASCO)

1946

Tampa

FL

53

Tampa Shipyards (later Tampa Bay Shipbuilding)

1990

Tampa

FL

54

Todd Galveston (formerly Gray's Iron Works)

1986

Galveston

TX

55

Todd Houston (formerly Brown Shipbuilding)

1982

Houston

TX

56

Todd Los Angeles (formerly Los Angeles Shipbuilding)

1989

San Pedro

CA

57

Todd Tacoma (formerly Sea-Tac Shipbuilding)

1946

Tacoma

WA

58

Welding Shipyards

1950

Norfolk

VA

59

Western Pipe & Steel San Pedro

1947

San Pedro

CA

60

Western Pipe & Steel South San Francisco

1946

South San Fran.

CA